Report: Romney Endorsed By Heads Of Groups He's Donated To
Mitt Romney used an interesting strategy last year to build up support for a presidential bid, the Boston Globe reports — he donated a lot of money. The Globe finds that Romney's charitable foundation donated a total of $253,833 to various charities and other groups that are influential in conservative circles, and now many of the people at those groups are backing his candidacy.
For example, Romney donated $10,000 to the Heritage Foundation, $10,000 to the Massachusetts Family Institute, $15,000 to Massachusetts Citizens For Life, and $10,000 to the Federalist Society. And this year, leading figures from all those groups have been campaigning for him.
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Wow, this sounds really ethical.
November 20, 2007 9:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
$10,000 for the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society is a drop in the bucket to them. Give 7 figures and maybe there'd be an issue.
November 20, 2007 9:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cheap, trashy whores, ain't they?
November 20, 2007 10:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
You know the GOP hack motto:
Always low prices.
November 20, 2007 10:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cheap advertising. TV time is ten times more.
On the plus side there are enough winger groups to break Romeny's back at $10K a shot.
November 20, 2007 10:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
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November 20, 2007 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Had you bothered to check some basic facts, you would have discovered that "leading figures" from Heritage haven't been campaigning for Romney. In fact, as a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education institute, Heritage doesn't engage in politicking.
The Globe's reference to Heritage co-founder Paul Weyrich was extremely misleading. Weyrich hasn't been affiliated with Heritage since 1974. That hardly makes him a "leading figure."
It's bad enough the Globe would be so sloppy in its reporting, but disconcerting that it gets repeated without any regard for the truth.
November 20, 2007 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink